True Crime MegaThread - The slowly emerging serial killer cinematic universe.

[Lady of the House]

I know a lot of farmers are into true crime, but it's probably easier to have a general thread to talk about it, especially with the amount of stuff coming out lately; like Once upon a time in hollywood, mindhunter season 2, and the weird amount of media about Ted Bundy.

The trailer for the Zac Bundy movie just dropped, and I got to say, the tone of this worries me because it's pretty damn upbeat for a movie about one of the world's most notorious serial killers.

 

[MG 620]

Serial killings are fun to read about though, and it's usually great fun for the killer.

 

[Rokko]

Serial killings are fun to read about though, and it's usually great fun for the killer.

How would you know that? Hmmm...

 

[Zaragoza]

How would you know that? Hmmm...

It's good fun when you haven't been caught yet.

 

[AnonAutismo]

Serial killing's lame. Mass murderers are the new kids on the block.

 

[Francis E. Dec Esc.]

The best true crime show is The First 48. It really shows just how stupid most murderers are.

"LaQuontravious, there's surveillance video footage of you shooting and killing Tyrone. We matched the shell casings at the scene and the bullets that killed Tyrone to the Hi-Point we found under the seat of your car, which has your fingerprints on it. Also, you bragged about killing Tyrone on Facebook. What to you have to say for yourself?"
"I ain't do nuffin, dawg!"

 

[Frogasm]

I'm always on the hunt for podcasts that deal with true crime without making light of victims. Here are some recs.

Real Crime Profile - has some experts on to talk over cases. They go over a lot of things that there are documentaries about and sometimes spend several episodes talking about profiling. One of the people on the show is a non-expert and I find her a little grating in her question asking but this show keeps me entertained

Targeted: True Crime Domestic Violence - I think this is really one of the best podcasts out there. Each season covers a complex domestic violence case including the lead up to the main crime and the court stuff and cultural impact after. the woman who runs it is basically a compassionate little lady who likes to do research. she is VERY good at finding research studies to share and VERY good at presenting arguments that she doesn't necessarily agree with for the sake of her show. I don't agree with her on everything she says, but she is very good about encouraging disagreement with her opinions.

Dirty John - a six episode non-fiction piece about a psycho dude preying on women, and the last family he preyed on

Dr Death - a six episode non-fiction piece about a criminally negligent doctor, absolutely terrifying

 

[Bean5]

I'm always on the hunt for podcasts that deal with true crime without making light of victims. Here are some recs.

Real Crime Profile - has some experts on to talk over cases. They go over a lot of things that there are documentaries about and sometimes spend several episodes talking about profiling. One of the people on the show is a non-expert and I find her a little grating in her question asking but this show keeps me entertained

Targeted: True Crime Domestic Violence - I think this is really one of the best podcasts out there. Each season covers a complex domestic violence case including the lead up to the main crime and the court stuff and cultural impact after. the woman who runs it is basically a compassionate little lady who likes to do research. she is VERY good at finding research studies to share and VERY good at presenting arguments that she doesn't necessarily agree with for the sake of her show. I don't agree with her on everything she says, but she is very good about encouraging disagreement with her opinions.

Dirty John - a six episode non-fiction piece about a psycho dude preying on women, and the last family he preyed on

Dr Death - a six episode non-fiction piece about a criminally negligent doctor, absolutely terrifying

Ill definitely give those a look. Thank ya.

Any others?

 

[Michael Jacks0n]

Ill definitely give those a look. Thank ya.

Any others?

Here's a podcast I follow on YouTube called Trace Evidence: the episodes are good background noise. They're roughly an hour long each, and focus on missing persons and murders. There's not a lot of filler of shtick, and the host gets to the details pretty straightforward.

 

[Bean5]

Here's a podcast I follow on YouTube called Trace Evidence: the episodes are good background noise. They're roughly an hour long each, and focus on missing persons and murders. There's not a lot of filler of shtick, and the host gets to the details pretty straightforward.

Oho thanks. Im not a big fan of unsolved but I'll definitely take a look.
Just finished up dr Death and man it was good. Now i need more

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

God I'd love a miniseries on Diane Downs. That case is insane and involves Duran Duran.

 

[Francis E. Dec Esc.]

Here's a podcast I follow on YouTube called Trace Evidence: the episodes are good background noise. They're roughly an hour long each, and focus on missing persons and murders. There's not a lot of filler of shtick, and the host gets to the details pretty straightforward.

I'm a big fan of The Trail Went Cold myself.

 

[Dorsia.Reservation]

Oho thanks. Im not a big fan of unsolved but I'll definitely take a look.
Just finished up dr Death and man it was good. Now i need more

Most Notorious is a pretty good Podcast, quite a few of them have been solved.

Here is the synopsis-

Each week, the Most Notorious podcast features true-life tales of crime, criminals, tragedies and disasters throughout history. Host Erik Rivenes interviews authors and historians who have studied their subjects for years, and the stories are offered with unique insight, detail, and historical accuracy.

Most Notorious podcast

He also uploads someone of the episodes to youtube if you want to listen there instead of a podcast app.

Most Notorious on YT


I will second The Trail Went Cold, the most recent episode is really interesting because of its ties to another famous and horrific case.

 

[Shield Breaker]

The best true crime show is The First 48. It really shows just how stupid most murderers are.

"LaQuontravious, there's surveillance video footage of you shooting and killing Tyrone. We matched the shell casings at the scene and the bullets that killed Tyrone to the Hi-Point we found under the seat of your car, which has your fingerprints on it. Also, you bragged about killing Tyrone on Facebook. What to you have to say for yourself?"
"I ain't do nuffin, dawg!"

That isn't stupid. You don't admit to shit without a lawyer. Stupid is admitting to your crime after the cop acts friendly and gives you a cigarette. Happened on the same show.

 

[Francis E. Dec Esc.]

That isn't stupid. You don't admit to shit without a lawyer. Stupid is admitting to your crime after the cop acts friendly and gives you a cigarette. Happened on the same show.

Or when they interviewed a suspect's girlfriend and she tells the homicide investigators "Ja'Quon couldn't have killed Oranjello, he was at my crib all night last night", they leave the interview room, and she whips out her cell phone and calls Ja'Quon to tell him "I told them you were with me last night, I think they bought it" while still being filmed by the interview room cameras.

 

[Michael Jacks0n]

Here's an interesting rabbit hole from Trace Evidence:

TL;DR - a young college student lived several hours away from his family in California, and one day during break, he drove to his parents house but never made it there. Along the way, his parents called numerous times, but he would give weird answers and would just sit there in his car without moving. His parents called the police to check up on him, and he just sat there in his car parked along the road, refusing to move. Eventually several hours later he started driving again, but never made it to his destination. The police did a search and found his SUV flipped on its side within the woods, but no trace of him could be found. Also they spoke with his friends, and found out that before he drove to his parents' house, he sold a bunch of his expensive electronics and broke up with his girlfriend as if he planned on never returning. Since the disappearance, there have been rumors of sightings of him among groups of homeless people in the Pacific Northwest.

The main theory is that he was secretly depressed and suicidal, and planned to visit his parents one last time before committing suicide. On his trip to his parents, he kept parking his car to contemplate suicide, and wasn't sure if he wanted to go through with it. He might have tried to drive his car off a cliff, but bailed out, and the car flipped over. Then perhaps he got injured in the accident and staggered away, either dying from the elements or drifting into a city to become a homeless person with amnesia from the car accident.

 

[keyboredsm4shthe2nd]

Here's an interesting rabbit hole from Trace Evidence:

TL;DR - a young college student lived several hours away from his family in California, and one day during break, he drove to his parents house but never made it there. Along the way, his parents called numerous times, but he would give weird answers and would just sit there in his car without moving. His parents called the police to check up on him, and he just sat there in his car parked along the road, refusing to move. Eventually several hours later he started driving again, but never made it to his destination. The police did a search and found his SUV flipped on its side within the woods, but no trace of him could be found. Also they spoke with his friends, and found out that before he drove to his parents' house, he sold a bunch of his expensive electronics as if he planned on never returning. Since the disappearance, there have been rumors of sightings of him among groups of homeless people in the Pacific Northwest.

The main theory is that he was secretly depressed and suicidal, and planned to visit his parents one last time before committing suicide. On his trip to his parents, he kept parking his car to contemplate suicide, and wasn't sure if he wanted to go through with it. He might have tried to drive his car off a cliff, but bailed out, and the car flipped over. Then perhaps he got injured in the accident and staggered away, either dying from the elements or drifting into a city to become a homeless person with amnesia from the car accident.

I don't think that's how amnesia works but I'm not a doctor. Your core, intense memories pertaining to who you are, what your name is, always stay intact. You either have trouble remembering a few days/months before the accident, or have trouble making new memories. Maybe he's a drifter now but not because of amnesia.

 

[Pokemonquistador2]

I don't think that's how amnesia works but I'm not a doctor. Your core, intense memories pertaining to who you are, what your name is, always stay intact. You either have trouble remembering a few days/months before the accident, or have trouble making new memories. Maybe he's a drifter now but not because of amnesia.

You can enter into something called a fugue state, where you forget who you are, and that can be brought on by stress, but it usually doesn't last longer than a few days.

 

[Michael Jacks0n]

I man, whether it was amnesia or not, chances are if he bailed out of the car as it flipped, he most likely suffered some kind of brain trauma anyway. Another theory is that as he staggered away from the accident, he may have tried to hitchhike and got murdered, or that he staggered away into a lake and drowned. They've done numerous sonar sweeps of the nearby bodies of water but found no trace. An interesting tidbit is that there's surveillance footage of his car driving up a mountain road off the highway, and but no return footage. It's believed that he made this detour as his final plan to drive his car off a cliff and kill himself, or even fake his death.

 

[Lackadaisy]

Does anyone have some true crime book recs? I just devoured Helter Skelter, Mindhunter, Manson...